Biblijny profil Maryi w relacji "o narodzeniu Jezusa" (Mt 1,18-25) - propozycja interpretacji

Authors:

• Mieczysław Mikołajczak

Abstract

The author proposes an interpretation of the pericope of Matt 1,18-25 that emphasizes some Mariological aspects in the context of the first canonical Gospel.The author attests to the fact that the birth of Mary is not given any special justification in Matt 1,18-25 nor is it an object of any special theological reflection because the pericope inquestion (Matt 1,18-25) is a self-contained narrative in which St. Matthew depicts the birth of Jesus as an exceptional event in the economy of salvation. And he does so for two reasons: because the virgin birth itself as well as the whole presented event (cf. Matt 1,22) is a fulfillment of the Old Testament prophecy of Is 7,14 (cf. Matt 1,22b—23) and because the fact that Mary conceived by the power of the Holy Spirit becomes a logical ground for acknowledging Jesus as the Son of God.Nevertheless, the Evangelist also allows for the Mariological theme in a very special way.